The sociologist as social architect: A new task for macro-sociology? |
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Authors: | Bart van Steenbergen |
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Institution: | Bart van Steenbergen is a lecturer in the Research Unit, Planning and Policy making of the Department of Sociology, University of Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 2, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The theme of voluntarism and determinism is revisited, here in the context of forecasting for futurists. Although fraught with danger the use of scenarios is vital in a world of rapid change, in which people are more than ever aware of the choices open to them and the ways they are able to determine their own future. The author proposes that a merger between the approaches of the sociologist and the futurist could aid our understanding of social futures. The outcome is a ‘design sociology’ based on six key concepts. |
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Keywords: | sociology forecasting future studies |
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